| Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; Fred P Lewis, IPS Meteostar, Inc, Aurora, CO
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| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 16.4 | Monitoring and validation of NOAA AMSU-based hydrological products Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and H. Meng |
| 9:15 AM | 16.5 | NOAA/NESDIS Preparation for the NPOESS Era Stacy L. Bunin, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and D. Holmes, T. Schott, and H. J. Silva |
| 9:30 AM | 16.6 | NOAA's NESDIS Satellite Oceanography Eric Bayler, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Cheney, P. Chang, D. Clark, K. Hughes, and A. Strong |
| 9:45 AM | | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Please Refer to Poster Session P2 for Title and Author Information)
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| 11:00 AM | 16.7 | The Transition to Operations of NOAA's Low Rate Information Transmission (LRIT) System Raymond W. Luczak, Computer Sciences Corp., Suitland, MD; and J. Manning and M. O. Perkins |
| 11:15 AM | 16.8 | VHF lightning detection from GPS orbit as a means of nowcasting global convection and severe weather David M. Suszcynsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Heavner, A. R. Jacobson, M. B. Pongratz, and C. T. Rhodes |
| 11:30 AM | | Lunch Break
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